It has been a while since there were international games played but this weekend the women’s national teams of Finland and Czech Republic will play each other twice at the Eerikkilä Sports Institute in Finland. Both games will be streamed live on Finnish Floorball Federation’s YouTube channel.
There will be a commentary in Finnish by Gabriel Airaksinen with Jarkko Rantala as expert analyst.
For the Finnish team, these will be the first international matches since they played Sweden in February 2020. Czech Republic’s previous international matches were played in September 2020 when they faced Slovakia.
Match schedule (local time):
Friday 8.6. at 17:00 FIN W – CZE W
Saturday 19.6. at 17:00 FIN W – CZE W
Rosters for the weekend
Finland
Goalkeepers
Krista Nieminen UH BEO
Tiltu Siltanen Malmö FBC
Noora Vuorela TPS
Defenders
2 Laura Manninen Pixbo Wallenstam
24 Iida Mettälä Malmö FBC
22 Elli Kylmäluoma SSRA
23 Daniela Westerlund EräViikingit
28 My Kippilä Team Thorengruppen
Cira Virta TPS
Forwards
4 Johanna Homi Classic
7 Jenna Saario TPS
8 Laura Rantanen TPS
13 Meri-Helmi Höynälä TPS
17 Oona Kauppi Team Thorengruppen
18 Veera Kauppi Team Thorengruppen
20 Sofia Leino TPS
21 Sara Piispa UH BEO
25 Hanna Niemelä UH BEO
27 Kristiina Kauppila Classic
Czech Republic
Goalkeepers
31 Lenka Remesova Florbal Zidenice
37 Jana Christianova Florbal Chodov
Defenders
3 Kristyna Lechnerova Florbal Chodov
4 Michaela Kubeckova 1. SC Vítkovice
9 Nela Jirakova Piranha Chur
10 Vendula Berankova Tatran Stresovice
11 Marie Havlickova Florbal Chodov
12 Hana Konickova Red Ants Winterthur
20 Kamila Paloncyova Zug United
28 Nikol Pekarkova Skorpions Emmental
Forwards
2 Eliska Chuda Florbal Chodov
5 Eliska Krupnova Pixbo
7 Tereza Hanzlikova Florbal Chodov
8 Lucie Cholinska 1. SC Vítkovice
16 Eliska Trojankova Zug United
17 Lucie Rezacova Skorpions Emmental
18 Magdalena Plaskova Red Ants Winterthur
24 Denisa Ratajova Pixbo
21 Martina Repkova Piranha Chur
23 Karolina Sucha Florbal Chodov
Photo: Ville Vuorinen